1st Edition
Disruptive Divas Feminism, Identity and Popular Music
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.
Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology
Biography
Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.
